﻿What is Visual T'filah﻿

This year our community at TBE has been experimenting with integrating imagery into the prayer experience. Visual T’filah is a way to enhance prayer through the integration of imagery into the worship service. Images are displayed with the liturgy interwoven or alongside to elevate a page of prayer to new levels.

We will be using Visual T'filah as a tool in TGIHH Service, as well as our Havayah Teen Service

﻿How You Can Be A Part of It﻿

We want our Visual T'filah images to come from the art of our own community. We would love for you to go out and take photographs or create art that is inspired by the themes of our liturgy; or simply share images that you have already captured and created that display the themes of our liturgy.

Find a prayer below, add your name and email, and upload your art work. We will kindly add the text of the prayer and your name. Simply upload the image that you want connected to the prayer. TBE clergy will review submissions and decide which ones we will use during our services.

Specifications:- Images can be either horizontal or vertical- Images should be high resolution- Images can be any medium of art work- Images should not show faces of people who might be able to be identified (silhouettes are ok)

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Elohai Neshama

אֱלֹהַי, נְשָׁמָה שֶׁנָּתַתָּ בִּי טְהוֹרָה הִיא. אַתָּה בְרָאתָהּ, אַתָּה יְצַרְתָּהּ, אַתָּה נְפַחְתָּהּ בִּי, וְאַתָּה מְשַׁמְּרָהּ בְּקִרְבִּיThe soul that You have given within me is pure. You created it, You formed it, you breathed it into me, and you keep it safe.

U'netaneh Tokef

Some of us will live, and some will dieSome will die old and some youngSome by water and some by fireSome by sword and some by beastSome by hunger and some by thirstSome by plague and some by earthquakeSome by Stoning and some by strangling

But through repentance, prayer, and righteousness, we can offset the harshness of God's decree

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Torah Reading- Nitzavim Deuteronomy 29

9. אַתֶּ֨ם נִצָּבִ֤ים הַיּוֹם֙ כֻּלְּכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָֹ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֣ם שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֗ם זִקְנֵיכֶם֙ וְשֹׁ֣טְרֵיכֶ֔ם כֹּ֖ל אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: 10. טַפְּכֶ֣ם נְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם וְגֵ֣רְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּקֶ֣רֶב מַֽחֲנֶ֑יךָ מֵֽחֹטֵ֣ב עֵצֶ֔יךָ עַ֖ד שֹׁאֵ֥ב מֵימֶֽיךָ: 11. לְעָבְרְךָ֗ בִּבְרִ֛ית יְהוָֹ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ וּבְאָֽלָת֑וֹ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָֹ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ כֹּרֵ֥ת עִמְּךָ֖ הַיּֽוֹם: 12. לְמַ֣עַן הָקִֽים־אֹֽתְךָ֩ הַיּ֨וֹם ׀ ל֜וֹ לְעָ֗ם וְה֤וּא יִֽהְיֶה־לְּךָ֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־לָ֑ךְ וְכַֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁבַּע֙ לַֽאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְיִצְחָ֖ק וּֽלְיַֽעֲקֹֽב: 13. וְלֹ֥א אִתְּכֶ֖ם לְבַדְּכֶ֑ם אָֽנֹכִ֗י כֹּרֵת֙ אֶת־הַבְּרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֔את וְאֶת־הָֽאָלָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת: 14. כִּי֩ אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֶשְׁנ֜וֹ פֹּ֗ה עִמָּ֨נוּ֙ עֹמֵ֣ד הַיּ֔וֹם לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָֹ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וְאֵ֨ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵינֶ֛נּוּ פֹּ֖ה עִמָּ֥נוּ הַיּֽוֹםYou are standing here today, all of you, before Adonai your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officials, all the people of Israel. Your little ones, your wives, your guests who dwell with you in your camps, from your woodchopper to your waterhauler. This day, you are about to enter into a covenant with Adonai your God, and make an oath that God. For God established you this day as God's people, and Adonai is your God. Just as God speaks to you, God made promises also to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It's not just with you alone that I make this covenant and this oath. But it is with those who are here today who stand before Adonai our God, and with those who are not standing here today.

Confessions of Sin

עַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָֽאנוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ בְּתִמהוֹן לֵבָב.For the wrongs we have done before You with a confused heart. עַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָֽאנוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ בְּזִלְזוּל הוֹרִים וּמוֹרִיםFor the wrongs we have done before You by disrespecting our parents and teachers. עַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָֽאנוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ בִּשְׁבֽוּעַת שָׁוְא, For the wrongs we have done before You by lying. עַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָֽאנוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ בְּוִדּוּי פֶּה. For the wrongs we have done before You by making excuses. עַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָֽאנוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ בִּבְלִי דָֽעַת,For the wrongs we have done before You without even meaning to do so. עַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָֽאנוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ בְּהוֹנָֽאַת רֵֽעַ.For the wrongs we have done before You by being unkind. וְעַל כֻּלָּם, אֱלֽוֹהַּ סְלִיחוֹת, סְלַח לָֽנוּ, מְחַל לָֽנוּ, כַּפֶּר-לָֽנוּ. Forgive all these sins, O god of forgiveness, and grant us atonement!

For what I have given to you is good, do not forsake my Torah. It is a tree of life to those who cling to it. It's ways are ways of happiness and tranquility. All it's paths lead to peace. Return us Adonai so that we can repent. Renew our days as they once were.

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Shofar

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לִשְׁמוֹעַ קוֹל שׁוֹפָרBlessed are You Adonai our God, who has commanded us to listen to the sound of the Shofar!

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HaYom

﻿הַיּוֹם תְּאַמְּצֵֽנוּ אָמֵן הַיּוֹם תְּבָרְכֵֽנוּ אָמֵן הַיּוֹם תְּגַדְּלֵֽנוּ אָמֵן הַיּוֹם תִּדְרְשֵֽׁנוּ לְטוֹבָה אָמֵן הַיוֹם תִּכְתְּבֵֽנוּ לְחַיִּים טוֹבִים הַיּוֹם תְּקַבֵּל בְּרַחֲמִים וּבְרָצוֹן אֶת תְּפִלָּתֵֽנוּ אָמֵן הַיּוֹם תִּשְׁמַע שַׁוְעָתֵֽנוּ אָמֵן הַיּוֹם תִּתְמְכֵֽנוּ בִּימִין צִדְקֶֽךָ.﻿Strengthen us this day! Bless us this day! Make us great this day! Show us kindness this Day! Inscribe us for a life of goodness this day! Hear our prayer this day! Support us with the might of your righteousness this day!